In a major haul the Madhya Pradesh Narcotics Cell (MPNC) on Friday seized a consignment of 97 quintal poppy husk from the border of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The value of the seized contraband is estimated at over Rs 7 crore in the international market besides the seizure is said to be the largest in the country and the State.
Sources informed on getting a tip-off from the informer that the opium producers from Malwa are going to deliver a big lot of poppy husk at Jodhpur in Rajasthan and this poppy husk is brought in a container on the high way. On getting this information the officers of the cell laid a trap at the interstate highway joining Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Here the cell officials saw a container bearing registration number (2999), coming on the highway it was stopped and during its search illegal poppy husk was found in it.
ADG MPNC KC Verma while talking to ‘The Pioneer’ said, “The poppy husk was filled in 450 bags and on being weighed it was found to be 97 quintal. Only one person and that was the driver if the container was found in the container.” Verma further said that a case under Section 8/15 of the NDPS act has been registered against the driver Papparam alias Pappu Vishnoi aged 40 resident of Khorwaria village in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan.
MPNC Inspector Avnish Shrivastva who undertook the whole operation said, “The poppy husk mafia has very cleverly plotted to deliver the consignment in Rajasthan.”